Life History

Notes

• "I think grandpo Terry married about 5 times.  I dont no grandmothers name.  First marriage in Pritax [?] sure it was Slone, then Hughes then Someone <unreadable> Hagarsville."
  --  Excerpt of a letter from Gus Terry to his nephew Sam Terry, a son of Gus' brother Mason Terry
  
  Mason Terry, grandson of William Terry, and the great-grandson of Isom Terry.  The Gus Terry who wrote the letter is also the son of William Terry."
  --  Barbara Nelson, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 4 February 2016
  
  Gus and Mason Terry were sons of William Terry, who was the son of Isom Terry, courtesy of Sam's niece, Barbara Nelson;  date of the letter:  "It was written in 1970 and finished in 1971.  It seems to span several months."
  --  Barbara Nelson, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 4 February 2016
  

Sources

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